Olena Shaparna | |
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Full name | Olena Mykolaivna Shaparna |
Born | Kherson, Ukraine | February 4, 1979
Height | 159 cm (5 ft 3 in) |
Weight | 42 kg (93 lb) |
Gymnastics career | |
Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics |
Country represented | Ukraine |
Club | Dynamo Kherson |
Olena Mykolaivna Shaparna (born 4 February 1979) is a Ukrainian former artistic gymnast. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics. [1]
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